Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though ’twere his own.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEDo not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.
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Behaviour is a mirror in which every one displays his own image.
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Love does not dominate; it cultivates.
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I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be.
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Remember to live.
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Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.
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A word spoken is a terrible thing when it suddenly utters what the heart has long allowed.
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Everything transitory is but an image.
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If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul.
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There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.
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Few people have the imagination for reality.
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Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
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The intelligent man finds everything laughable, the sensible man hardly anything.
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What is uttered from the heart alone will win the heart of others to your own.
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The human race is a monotonous affair. Most people spend the greatest part of their time working in order to live, and what little freedom remains so fills them with fear that they seek out any and every means to be rid of it.
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I laugh at my heart, and do its will.
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